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2-Year US Treasury Yield Emerges as Top Indicator for Predicting Recessions: What Does It Suggest?

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Analysts Notebook wrote a column · Jul 11, 2023 05:38
'Bond King' Jeff Gundlach has argued that we should do away with the Federal Reserve and replace the Fed funds rate with the 2-year US Treasury (2yr UST) yield given its track record for where the Fed funds rate should, or is likely to, move.
Typically, the 2yr UST yield dip below the upper bound of the Fed funds rate signals an incoming pause or lowering of rates, possibly followed by recession, as we saw during the last five tightening cycles.
2-Year US Treasury Yield Emerges as Top Indicator for Predicting Recessions: What Does It Suggest?
2-Year US Treasury Yield Emerges as Top Indicator for Predicting Recessions: What Does It Suggest?
2-Year US Treasury Yield Emerges as Top Indicator for Predicting Recessions: What Does It Suggest?
2-Year US Treasury Yield Emerges as Top Indicator for Predicting Recessions: What Does It Suggest?
2-Year US Treasury Yield Emerges as Top Indicator for Predicting Recessions: What Does It Suggest?
Analyst finds that Since the 1981-1982 recession, every time the 2yr UST yield dipped below the Fed funds rate by 50 bps or more, the Fed cut interest rates within 1 year; Meanwhile, recession happened.
2-Year US Treasury Yield Emerges as Top Indicator for Predicting Recessions: What Does It Suggest?
"Every single episode of a local peak in UST 2yr yield was followed by some risk-negative event over the past 40 years." Bank of America analyst says.
2-Year US Treasury Yield Emerges as Top Indicator for Predicting Recessions: What Does It Suggest?
2-Year US Treasury Yield Emerges as Top Indicator for Predicting Recessions: What Does It Suggest?
Source: Seeking Alpha, Bank of America
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